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    It is not the case that The intuition that Bush 'might not have existed' is fully accommodated as the truth that Bush might have been non-concrete, not non-existent.

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    • 1.The intuition 'Bush might not have existed' semantically targets existence itself, not the derivative property of concreteness.
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    • 2.Redefining non-existence as non-concreteness obscures rather than illuminates what makes modal statements about people meaningful.
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    • 3.Abstract objects (numbers, propositions) don't satisfy 'might not have existed' intuitions, so non-concreteness doesn't capture the modal sense.
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    • 1.Concreteness and existence are logically distinct properties; something can exist abstractly without being concrete.
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    • 2.Modal intuitions about non-existence are often confused; reinterpreting them as concreteness variation preserves intuitive content.
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    • 3.This framework avoids counterintuitive commitment that merely possible objects don't exist in any sense whatsoever.
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